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Extra East. 69 Cars.

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Train no. 414, semaphore signal in view

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Train no. 419 approaching bracket tri-color signal, grain elevator in view

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In just a few seconds, Extra 2921 east will have divided the town of Clarks Hill in half and, further, will have sealed off the halves most effectively with a line of swaying highcars. Moreover, less than half of its 69-car train (at any one time )…

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In open country just west of Clarks Hill, the 2800 wheels 69 empty L&N hoppers up the slight eastbound grade. Running as a Sheff turn out of Indianapolis, Extra 2800 is a key part of the operation of moving Eastern Kentucky coal to the U.S. Steel Co.…

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The staccato voice of the 5415 resumes its chatter as the J-3 swings no. 416 through the turnout from single track to eastward main at Clarks Hill. The pickup waiting at High Street crossing is fouling the Nickel Plate interchange track, but the…

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The turnout is for eastwards and the straight shot for westwards at the end of double track at Clarks Hill, hence in this scene the bobtail on the westbound 'Riley' was receding into the prairie at the maximum speed of 79 MPH. Hudson no. 5446 was on…

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Clarks Hill, 20 miles west of Lebanon and 16 miles east of Lafayette on the Indiana Division main line, is about as midwestern a village of 493 persons as can be found, on the NYC at least (the Peoria & Eastern has a few near-perfect prototypes on…
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